Mining Incidents

Beshaler Gravel Company: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Beshaler Gravel Company · Surface
Controlled by Rick L Beshaler
Arnold, Custer County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500195

Beshaler Gravel Company has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
30
citations
10
significant & substantial
$16,730
proposed penalties
$13,470
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,260 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
22
inspections on record
270
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 270 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beshaler Gravel Company has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$17K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
34.5%
significant & substantial
41.4%
high negligence or reckless
34.5%
reasonably likely or greater
58.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.9% low, 51.7% moderate, 41.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 30% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 78%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 11%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 11%
83%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $10K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-11-14.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2007-90M Settlement Manning 2007 $5K → $4K
CENT 2008-128M Settlement Manning 2008 $4K → $3K
CENT 2011-277M Settlement Tureck 2012 $2K → $2K
CENT 2011-678M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $1K
CENT 2008-233M Settlement Manning 2008 $500 → $500
CENT 2012-155M Settlement Manning 2012 $343 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Beshaler Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 0
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Beshaler Gravel Company sits in Custer County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Custer County, Nebraska · Population 10,544
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,310
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 512 1 0 1953.1
2014 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 749 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 411 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 778 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 189 1 0 5291.0
2011 Q3 812 4 3 4926.1
2011 Q2 429 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 972 5 2 5144.0
2010 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 617 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 341 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 130 5 0 38461.5
2008 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 285 4 2 14035.1
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 310 7 3 22580.6
2006 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,198 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 502 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 299 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 321 1 0 3115.3
2003 Q3 1,281 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,266 2 0 1579.8
2002 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 599 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 799 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 601 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.